Sunny
#389 for girls in 2025, 798 births · #1,075 for boys in 2025, 200 births
Given to girls 74.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 846 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,191since 1912
Sunny over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #389 | 798 | #1,075 | 200 |
| 2024 | #370 | 846 | #1,047 | 211 |
| 2023 | #406 | 755 | #1,111 | 190 |
| 2022 | #552 | 550 | #1,228 | 160 |
| 2021 | #641 | 463 | #1,349 | 137 |
| 2020 | #691 | 412 | #1,463 | 117 |
| 2019 | #791 | 350 | #1,534 | 110 |
| 2018 | #870 | 312 | #1,901 | 78 |
| 2017 | #983 | 265 | #2,240 | 59 |
| 2016 | #1,173 | 214 | #2,012 | 71 |
| 2015 | #1,155 | 218 | #1,955 | 74 |
| 2014 | #1,205 | 202 | #2,582 | 47 |
| 2013 | #1,161 | 207 | #2,113 | 63 |
| 2012 | #1,243 | 195 | #2,292 | 56 |
| 2011 | #1,338 | 173 | #2,376 | 53 |
| 2010 | #1,278 | 186 | #2,010 | 68 |
| 2009 | #1,444 | 161 | #2,077 | 66 |
| 2008 | #1,865 | 114 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #1,598 | 140 | #2,372 | 54 |
| 2006 | #1,743 | 119 | #1,790 | 77 |
| 2005 | #1,539 | 133 | #1,725 | 77 |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 100 | #1,687 | 73 |
| 2002 | #2,004 | 87 | #1,817 | 63 |
| 2001 | #1,957 | 88 | #1,699 | 68 |
| 2000 | #1,649 | 107 | #1,629 | 72 |
| 1999 | #1,678 | 98 | #1,449 | 80 |
| 1998 | #1,481 | 115 | #1,527 | 71 |
| 1997 | #1,585 | 101 | #1,350 | 82 |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 | #1,257 | 88 |
| 1995 | #1,880 | 74 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,495 | 105 | #1,113 | 103 |
| 1993 | #1,776 | 82 | #1,238 | 84 |
| 1992 | #1,782 | 81 | #1,142 | 93 |
| 1991 | #1,428 | 112 | #1,083 | 101 |
| 1990 | #1,479 | 105 | #1,135 | 90 |
| 1989 | #1,339 | 115 | #1,162 | 83 |
| 1988 | #1,132 | 135 | #1,047 | 89 |
| 1987 | #1,064 | 144 | #1,272 | 59 |
| 1986 | #1,024 | 148 | #1,136 | 69 |
| 1985 | #957 | 162 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,167 | 116 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #1,090 | 126 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #859 | 179 | #1,850 | 30 |
| 1981 | #841 | 186 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #805 | 201 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #846 | 184 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #876 | 167 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #672 | 234 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #552 | 309 | #1,608 | 33 |
| 1975 | #540 | 319 | #1,630 | 31 |
| 1974 | #1,218 | 90 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,276 | 81 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #1,079 | 106 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #988 | 127 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #1,343 | 78 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #1,226 | 83 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #1,387 | 65 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #1,206 | 69 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #994 | 60 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #1,062 | 54 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #913 | 74 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sunny! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sunny is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#373 · 1 in 1,550
- Nebraska#437 · 1 in 1,571
- Oregon#663 · 1 in 2,899
- Minnesota#689 · 1 in 3,417
- California#699 · 1 in 3,915
Best ever in a state: #123 in Utah, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #373 | 11 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Nebraska | #437 | 5 | 1 in 1,571 |
| Oregon | #663 | 5 | 1 in 2,899 |
| Minnesota | #689 | 7 | 1 in 3,417 |
| California | #699 | 50 | 1 in 3,915 |
| Oklahoma | #720 | 5 | 1 in 3,149 |
| Washington | #761 | 8 | 1 in 3,883 |
| Arizona | #771 | 8 | 1 in 3,759 |
| Colorado | #778 | 6 | 1 in 3,771 |
| North Carolina | #831 | 10 | 1 in 4,538 |
| New York | #919 | 17 | 1 in 5,176 |
| Tennessee | #933 | 6 | 1 in 5,100 |
| Florida | #1,053 | 13 | 1 in 6,612 |
| New Jersey | #1,148 | 5 | 1 in 7,193 |
| Virginia | #1,201 | 5 | 1 in 7,206 |
| Texas | #1,246 | 20 | 1 in 7,994 |
| Illinois | #1,250 | 7 | 1 in 7,935 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 8,629 |
| Georgia | #1,285 | 6 | 1 in 7,854 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,416 | 5 | 1 in 10,228 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sunny
- 19 spots since 2024 (#370 → #389)
- 302 spots since 2020 (#691 → #389)
- 766 spots since 2015 (#1,155 → #389)
- Biggest jump: 678 spots in 1975 (#1,218 → #540)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1983 (#859 → #1,090)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2024 at #370 (846 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,915 girls born in 2024 were named Sunny (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,014 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 29.0% of all girls named Sunny (3,824) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1996, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 63 | #1,896 (1914) | #2,796 |
| 1920s | 128 | #2,011 (1929) | #2,659 |
| 1930s | 189 | #1,343 (1938) | #1,917 |
| 1940s | 511 | #913 (1942) | #1,168 |
| 1950s | 455 | #1,188 (1953) | #1,545 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,226 (1969) | #2,015 |
| 1970s | 1,695 | #540 (1975) | #939 |
| 1980s | 1,512 | #805 (1980) | #1,028 |
| 1990s | 950 | #1,428 (1991) | #1,647 |
| 2000s | 1,145 | #1,444 (2009) | #1,759 |
| 2010s | 2,322 | #791 (2019) | #1,120 |
| 2020s | 3,824 | #370 (2024) | #508 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sunny in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 6,515 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 94.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 31,372 of them was named Sunny, which outranked 84.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,217True60
- #2,217Tye60
- #2,217Yasser60
- #2,240Sunny59
- #2,240Abbott59
- #2,240Asahd59
- #2,240Ayoub59
- #2,270Abubakar58
- #2,270Alder58
- #2,270Anish58
Tied with 29 names at #2,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.